Marc Wallice (born Marc Stephen Goldberg;
October 3, 1959) is a former American
pornographic actor
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dist ...
. He performed in over 1,700
pornographic films and has directed as well. Wallice was inducted into both the
AVN
AVN may refer to:
Medicine
* Atrioventricular node, special region of conducting tissue in the heart
* Avascular necrosis, medical condition
Transport
* Air Vanuatu, by ICAO airline code
* Avonmouth railway station, UK, by National Rail code
...
and
XRCO Halls of Fame.
He tested
HIV positive in 1998 after allegedly hiding his HIV positive status for two years and infecting at least four women, sending shockwaves throughout the porn industry.
He left the industry but later returned as a director, editor, and writer.
Career
Wallice entered the porn industry in 1982 at the age of 22.
He was working as a grocery store bagger when he answered an ad for the
World Modeling Agency. He started out with non-speaking roles, but worked his way up to become a very active actor, doing more than 1,300 heterosexual movies. One of his first films was a gay pornographic film called "A Matter of Size."
Since 1982 Wallice has appeared in productions for studios such as 4-Play Video,
Anabolic Video,
Caballero Home Video, CDI Home Video,
Elegant Angel,
Evil Angel,
Filmco, Legend Video, Leisure Time Entertainment,
Sin City,
VCA Pictures, VCA Picturesidco,
Vivid Entertainment,
Wicked Pictures, and the Zane Entertainment Group.
Wallice was also featured on the
HBO
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documentary series about the adult industry ''
Real Sex'' in 1998.
In 2003, he returned to the industry as a director.
HIV
On April 30, 1998, the then-head of
AIM Medical,
Sharon Mitchell, announced that Wallice was
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immu ...
positive.
Wallice's career as a performer was effectively over and there were rumors and speculation that he intentionally hid his HIV positive status with fake blood work through several HIV testing cycles to continue working,
and consequently infected several actresses, including Brooke Ashley
(a.k.a. Anne Marie Ballowe),
Tricia Devereaux
Tricia Devereaux (born January 12, 1975) is an American former pornographic actress, XRCO Hall of Fame inductee, and co-owner of Evil Angel studios.
Career
Devereaux was introduced to the adult industry when her then husband, Patrick, got a job ...
,
Caroline, and Kimberly Jade.
Doubts of this speculation were investigated using Wallice's tests.
After his HIV positive status became public, Wallice announced his intention to go back to school to learn
computer programming.
Awards
*1990
AVN
AVN may refer to:
Medicine
* Atrioventricular node, special region of conducting tissue in the heart
* Avascular necrosis, medical condition
Transport
* Air Vanuatu, by ICAO airline code
* Avonmouth railway station, UK, by National Rail code
...
Best Group Sex Scene – Video for Gang Bangs II
*1992
XRCO Best Actor (Single Performance) for House of Sleeping Beauties
*1993 AVN Best Group Sex Scene – Video for Realities 2
*1993 XRCO Male Performer of the Year (Body of Work)
*1998 AVN Best Couples Sex Scene – Film for Red Vibe Diaries
*
AVN Hall of Fame
*
XRCO Hall of Fame
See also
*
List of male performers in gay porn films
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
American male pornographic film actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
American pornographic film directors
American actors in gay pornographic films
People with HIV/AIDS